LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 313 



Halesidota ALBIDATOR. 



Mas. Albido-cervina ; caput nigro bipunctatum, antice fuscum, 

 subtus ochraceum ; palpi oehracei, oblique ascendentes, articulo 

 3o nigro lineari 2i dimidio non longiore ; thorax nigro 

 bipunctatus ; pectus antice ochraceum ; abdomen ochraceum, 

 basi Jlavescens et dense pilosum, segmentis albido-marginatis; 

 pedes anteriores nigricantes ; alee albido-cinerea, fere hyalince, 

 venis albido-cervinis ; antica? costa albido-cervina, lituris 

 punctisque costalibus lineisque duabus apud marginem inte- 

 riorem nigris. 



Male, Whitish fawn-colour. Head ochraceous beneath ; two 

 black points on the vertex; front brown. Palpi ochraceous, obliquely 

 ascending, not rising so high as the vertex ; third joint black, linear, 

 not more than half the length of the second. Antennae black, 

 moderately pectinated. Thorax with a black point on each of the 

 four tegulae. Pectus ochraceous in front. Abdomen above dark 

 brown, yellowish and thickly pilose at the base; hind borders of the 

 segments whitish. Anterior legs mostly blackish. Wings whitish 

 cinereoUvS, nearly hyaline; veins whitish fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 with a few black points on the veins, and with three black marks, 

 and more black points on the costa, which is whitish fawn-colour; 

 two black lines along the outer part of the interior border, one sub- 

 marginal, the other marginal. Length of the body 9 lines; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Halesidota secta. 



Mas. Cervina; caput antice nigricans ; palpi nigricantes, caput 

 paullo superantes ; antenna? nigricantes, subpectinatcc ; thorax 

 guttis duabus anticis nigris ; abdomen fuscum, subtus ochra- 

 ceum vitta fusca ; pedes fusci ; alee antica? longa, sat angusta?, 

 apice rotundata?, macula discali magna transversa nigra. 



Male. Fawn-colour. Head blackish in front. Palpi blackish, 

 obliquely ascending, rising a little higher than the vertex; third 

 joint linear, rounded at the tip, less than half the length of the 

 second. Antennae blackish, slightly pectinated. Thorax with a black 

 dot on each of the four tegula?. Abdomen dark brown, extending 

 much beyond the hind wings; under side ochraceous, with a dark 

 brown stripe. Legs dark brown. Wiugs long, rather narrow. Fore 



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